10 Unbelievable Numbers From RIL’s 40th AGM

An investment of Rs 1,000 in Reliance Industries shares in 1977 has now turned to over Rs 16.50 lakh in the past 40 years, Chairman of oil-to-telecom behemoth Mukesh Ambani said while addressing the 40th Annual General Meeting on Friday. The figures show that company has doubled investor’s wealth in every 2.5 years.

JioPhone will be available at effective price at Rs 0. Voice calls will always be free on Jio phones. Jio will give access to unlimited data on Jio phone from August 15 this year which will cost Rs 153 per month on JioPhone.

1500

The company will charge Rs 1,500 against JioPhone, which will be fully refundable after 3 years.

155

Before the launch of Jio, India was 155th in the world mobile broad penetration. Now, India has overtaken the US and China in mobile data usage.

3>25

It took 25 years for telecom players to build 2G network. Jio have created a larger 4G network in just 3 years, Ambani said.

4GLTE

Jio phone will be 100 per cent 4G LTE phone. The phone will support 22 languages.

2,50,000

During the past four years, the headcounts in the company have grown from 3,500 in 1977 to 2,50,000 at present.

10,000 times

Mukesh Ambani said net profit of the company has grown by 10,000 times in the past 40 years.

5 lakh crore

During the years, market capitalisation has multiplied from Rs 10 crore in 1977 to Rs 5 lakh crore.

100 million

In less than 170 days, more than 100 million customers signed up for Jio’s services. Reliance Jio Infocomm is the latest player in the telecom industry. Jio has grown faster than Facebook, Skype and Whatsapp since inception. Team Jio delivered over 100 million customers target.